CJ7 (2008)

Original title

長江七號

Directed by

Stephen Chow

Genre

fantasy film, science fiction comedy, family film

Country

Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 809 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor widower and his young son struggle to get by. The father works a construction job and saves every penny to send his son to a good school. One day, the father brings home a strange green alien dog from a junkyard, which changes their lives with its magical abilities.

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What happens

CJ7 (Chinese: 长江七号; Cantonese Yale: Cheung gong chat hou; lit. 'Yangtze 7') is a 2008 Chinese-Hong Kong science fiction comedy film co-written, co-produced, starring, and directed by Stephen Chow in his final film acting performance, before he became a fulltime filmmaker. The film was released theatrically in China on 30 January 2008 and in Hong Kong on 31 January 2008. In August 2007, the film was given the title CJ7, a play on China's successful Shenzhou crewed space missions—Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6. It was previously known by a series of working titles including Alien and most notably A Hope. The film was filmed in Ningbo, in the Zhejiang province of China. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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